You mean we might actually be going back to the old way of doing business where actual substantive negotiations and debate takes place?
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Only Trump himself ever got two scoops; everyone else got one - or none.
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Whoa there. Letâs not get too far over our skis. It could be that âask for $2T settle for lessâ was the strategy all along, but thatâs a huge number of decoys to throw out.
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I thought the Dems forgot how to do that bit of asking a higher price. Usually they negotiate themselves down to zero first.
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Seems to me thatâs why Moscow McConnell was nowhere in sight for this meeting. The others can at least go thru the motions of pretending (complete with $100.00 words). But McConnell surely cannot do even that.
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McConnell gave up all pretense of caring about the US or bipartisanship some time ago. He needs to retire since he no longer has anything positive to contribute.
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Manchin wonât be happy until coal powered dishwashers and lawnmowers are thrown into the deal.
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I will applaud him trying.
Look, itâs like this: they all (the GQP) to a person voted against the COVID relief act and then brazenly tried to take credit for the good itâs doing for their constituents. We know how this will play out. Itâs no mystery.
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True. Cotton, Cruz, Hawley, Blackburn and Tuberville need their shot at leadership of the minority.
There has been reporting of Manchin being receptive changing the filibister, wanting the Infrastructure, willing to negotiate on taxes.
And other items
Thatâs what happens with a Free Fourth Estate (we are not Pravda and Tass). We have so many sources of news and so many takes on newsâŚ
Which the GOP is happy to use for its purposes. The degree of public demand for this Bill is going to have to be a consistent item going forward
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The sad part is neither Sinema nor Manchin will be at this table. They will not be able to see for themselves the foolâs errand they have created for themselves by demanding bispartisanship for this and any other bill that comes along.
They should be at the table to confront firsthand the idiocy of the GQP they so desperately want to court and âbring to the tableâ. They should see firsthand the results of that effort without any clean up by the media. They should see it in its raw form so they understand once and for all that nothing will happen with their demand for bipartisanship.
The two knuckleheads should be in the room as this is going on. For sure.
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And it was their plan, and they controlled runaway Democratic spending so they didnât have to raise taxes on the job creators that would have tanked the economy, which proves that trickle down works, tax cuts more than pay for themselves, . . .
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âŚand this was Trumpâs plan all along.
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I thought her ad was great. Hard hitting, without a false note.
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Republican infrastructure plans do involve cansâŚ
âŚand boots to kick them down the roadâŚ
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Yup. Think prisons. Privatized, for the good of a very select few, and certainly not the public.
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They didnât do anything positive while a Republican was president either.
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Iâm sure they are fully aware of who and what they are dealing with in the GOP.
And they can certainly read the newspapers just as well as the rest of us.
Political theater does not need an immediate audience. It plays out in the media, not on the proscenium.
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This meeting is FOR Joe and Senator Pink. Prolly at their request.
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American water is the largest private water utility in the US, but there are still plenty of old-school water utilities and public works departments funded through tax dollars
â Privately owned water systems serve about 12 percent of Americans. But the figure is much higher â 30 to 70 percent â in Indiana and 14 other states, including many with industry-friendly policies. Indiana has adopted six laws benefiting for-profit water companies in the past two years.â
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